Daily Drills 25 - Section 25 - Question 4

P: X–some–YP: ?C: Z–some–Y

student July 4, 2018

Not Y

The counterpositive of z-some-y How did it become Not Y-some-Z? Wouldn't it be Y-some-Z?

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Christopher July 6, 2018

@student
Yes, the contrapositive of z-some-y is y-some-z. Beyond that, I'm not sure what your question is, but if you'd clarify, I'd be happy to help.

Mehran July 6, 2018

Hi @student, you are absolutely right, and thank you for pointing this error out to us. We are going to update and fix. Thank you again.

briannajordan90 February 27, 2019

This is still wrong

Ravi March 1, 2019

Hey there,

Thank you for pointing out this error. I have alerted our technical team.

For your reference, the Conclusion in the explanation should read

C: Z-some-Y
Y-some-Z

Thank you.

rzamor87 July 17, 2019

Quick question has the error been corrected on this question

cfrazier September 18, 2019

No it hasn't been corrected

jnfogartystl October 8, 2019

Are two answers possible out of the given options? Seems that either Z->X or not Z->not X might be correct. If not, I'd appreciate a bit more explanation on why Z->X-some-Y does not yield the result of Z-some-Y in the same fashion as the answer provided. Thank you!

Isaac-Juarez October 17, 2019

To the person immediately before me:

Z->X is not the same as not Z->not X. But I also came to the same conclusion and selected Z->X. I don't understand how if all Zs are Xs, then if Z is sometimes Y cannot be logically concluded given that all Xs are sometimes Ys.

reicherjon November 14, 2019

Hi so what is the correct answer?

Enne-Phillips January 8, 2020

This problem still doesn't seem to be correct and for some reason I am not able to see a solution.

Sam June 19, 2024

Has this been corrected? I don't understand how D is not also correct. If all Z's are X's, and X is sometimes Y, then it logically follows that Z is sometimes Y. Do I have that wrong?

Emil-Kunkin June 21, 2024

It's possible that All Zs are X, but not all Xs are Z. It could be the case that the subset of Xs that are not Zs are the only Xs that are also Y.

Jean August 28 at 05:38AM

i am so confused? why is it not Y some Z? when do i know to put the "not?"